Celebrity Sighting

1 year, 4 months and 26 days later, I finally have my first celebrity sighting in Chicago, and it wasn't even an exciting one. A sighting neverthless, I suppose.

**Jerry Springer, at Mario Tricoci Day Spa on Michigan Ave.**

Ok, now I can get back to my mundane life.

Superstar!!

Kudos to those of you who can actually watch through the end of this video.
http://www.youtube.com/w/Kevin-Federline-jamming-to-PopoZao?v=Q7Ys46KA4xw

Pictures from NYC

Back from a long weekend in the Big Apple (on Monday, actually).
Ate too much, and it was really cold.


Spent way too much time waiting for people at the Subway station.



Trying to amuse ourselves on a very long ride back from Flushing.


Squeezing in ramen 2.5 hours after lunch and 1.5 hours before we leave for LGA.

Yep, that's about it for the highlights. I need to do better in the picture taking department.

Your Questions Answered

mezuzah asked "What's your favorite thing to do in Chi-town and what is your favorite restaurant there and why?"

During the holidays, Michigan Ave. (a.k.a. The Magnificent Mile) gets all decked out with beautiful Christmas lights, and if you're standing on the right median, you get to see down the entire street. I LOVE that feeling of walking down Michigan Ave. in the cold, taking in all the sights, and feeling excited about Christmas and winter. Ya don't get that in Texas.

***Photo Credit: Michael Leung***

The restaurant question is a bit harder to answer. I don't have ONE favorite restaurant...I think I may be able to give you something by category--
Favorite for sushi: Kamahachi (regular traditional sushi) or Japonais (frou-frou sushi)
Favorite for taking out-of-towners: Joy Yee's
Favorite for dates/fancy outing: Le Colonial
Favorite for willingly commit gluttony: Bob Chinn's
Favorite for take-out: Triple Crown Express
Favorite for xiao-long-bao's: Gourmet
Favorite for pizza: Lou Malnati's or Giordano's
Favorite for dessert: Grand Lux Cafe
Favorite for breakfast: Sweet Maple
Favorite for late-night: Triple Crown
Favorite for chocolate cake: Portillo's

loubert asked "Why are women evil? And what makes them evil?"

Chances are, their husband/boyfriends drove them that way.

Maiday919 asked "What do you love about brian? how did you know he was the one you wanna spend the rest of your life with?"

Dear Maiday919, first of all, it's BRYAN, at least that's what it said on the wedding invitation. There are so many things to love about him, but one that I can clearly verbalize is his generosity. He's stingy for himself, but he give and gives to his family and friends. Also, he can fix anything.

How did I know? I just knew.

xiaoting13 asked "When will you be in dallas again?"

Probably the weekend before Valentine's day. Hopefully in time to be there for Karen to pop out baby #2.

ChristosDoulos asked "When will Jesus return?"

Soon I hope...but not before you get married.

"Who wrote the book of Hebrews?"

No one knows for sure. Many do believe that the Apostle Paul wrote the book of Hebrew; however, the vocabulary and writing style differs greatly from other letters from Paul. (i.e. he usually identifies himself) Other speculations include Barnabas, Apollo, or Priscilla.

"How come Gargamel can't find the smurf village?"

Because he refused to ask for directions, like most men.

ally_kat82 asked "If you could pick a food to describe ur personality...what would it be and why? if you could have any super power...what would you want?"

Food: Alaskan King Crab legs? I'm fairly extroverted, and I love eating crab. But I don't' know about the crawling all the time...so maybe pomegranates? I like to be clustered, and the good stuff is on the inside... Aiya!!! This is getting a bit too cheesy now for me to continue...

Super power: the ability to know the future and re-shape the past.

"Can you help plan my wedding??"

Girl, you don't have to ask me twice!!

AZ_n_Monty asked "What am I afraid of?"

If by "I" you mean "you," I would have a pretty hard time guessing. You appear to be fearless in most circumstances. However, could that fearlessness be a self-defense mechanism for the thing(s) that you're truly afraid of?

VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

National Champions. Texas Longhorns! Hook 'em!!!

Motivation for Resolution?

Got my creation from NIKE iD back today!! So excited!! I LOVE the feeling of getting new shoes! Who cares if I rarely workout and have zero athletic bone in in my body?


I call it "The Superhero"
(Ok, so the picture isn't exactly Ansel Adams, and the work desk is quite messy. Try not to notice that. I was overtaken by the excitement of receiving them in the mail.)

Back in Chicago

So it has finally come to an end. My week-long Holiday break. This week flew by way too fast...of course I'm ending it by catching the flu (on the flu shot, mind you), and I did a whole lot of stuff that I didn't plan on doing and did none of the things that I had planned to do. Let's see...I'm all caught up on my shows: Grey's Anatomy & House, watched all of Day 4 of 24 with Bryan and Bee. On the other hand, the thank-you cards for our wedding are still hanging over us, and the already late smallgroup Christmas presents didn't get finished either.

Oh, how quickly the week went by...my eager anticipation for the break is still fresh in my mind, and now it's all over. It is back to the grind, on Tuesday. I hate this feeling of "the fun's over." *Sigh*

Three hundred and something days until Christmas 2007.